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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 46 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday
October 27,1986
Docking. Havden debate issues
By KAREN SAMELSON
Staff writer
TOPEKA — Each Kansas gubernator candidate last night said he wasn't frightened by the possibility of his opponent becoming governor, but each also was quick to point out that he could do more for the state.
L. Gov. Tom Docking and Kansas House Speaker Mike Hayden stuck to their campaign rhetoric when ex-conflict were the best choice for the state.
The two candidates met in an televised debate sponsored by Topeka television station WIBW-TV and others. The candidates debated in the WIBW studio with station
political reporter Ken Murphy moderating...
Hayden, the Republican candidate, stressed his 14 years of experience in the Legislature. He said he would be ready for the job on the first day.
DECISION'86
he said he would provide conservative Republican leadership for Kansans
Docking, the Democratic candidate, said the election was a choice between resisting change or facing change. Docking has emphasized his plan to face challenges and accept change.
In response to a question on who made more campaign promises, Hayden said he had promised honesty, hard work and dedication. He said he would restore the death penalty and build a highway in southeast Kansas using revenue bonds instead of new taxes.
"They're promises we're going to live up to." Havend said.
Hayden, an Atwood insurance agent, charged his opponent with promising projects that would require more than a quarter of a billion dollars.
Docking said the charge was a distortion of the facts. He said he would not increase taxes but would
use the existing money more efficiently.
He stressed public and higher education as priorities as well as meaningful assistance to farmers and for dynamic growth in the
Both candidates agreed that Washburn University of Topeka should become a part of the Board of Regents system.
Docking said he wanted to strengthen the existing Regents schools. He said he would favor an electorate with a majority of Washburn into a strong Regents
See DEBATE, p. 5, col. 4
Blacks need unity Harvard prof says
By SHANE A. HILLS
Staff writer
A lack of unity among U.S. blacks has replaced racism as their biggest obstacle to success, a Harvard University professor said Saturday after speaking at the Black Leadership Symposium in the Kansas Union.
“If we keep going down the same path of not having a vision for how to build our communities, individuals, the future for blacks will be bleak,” Walter Broadax said.
Broadman, a professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, said U.S. blacks lived in an integrated society dominated by whites and must unite to inspire, motivate and help each other attain goals.
"Kids tend not to see any future for themselves," he said. "It seems that we've lost touch with how to keep ourselves motivated
Latin dance blends cultures
"We need to teach them that it's
See BLACKS, p. 5, col. 1
Bv TONY BALANDRAN
Staff writer
A cocktail waitress, a pink bunny, a commander and a ballerina don't have much in common, but they could have easily paired off on the dance floor Saturday night at the Latin American Halloween party.
Monday morning
The sounds of salisa and reggae music and red, yellow and blue flashing lights greeted 500 to 600 people who attended the Halloween party at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd Street. The party was sponsored by the Latin American Student Association.
The LASA sponsors a party every semester, but this was the first time they used Halloween which Vassari organized in the nation's holiday — as a theme for the party.
While some people were in the Halloween spirit with ensembles ranging from clowns to cat-women, all seemed to be in the celebrating mood for the party, which brought in $700 to $1,000 in funds, said Julio Vasquez, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, junior and president of the LASA.
The music was Latin American, and the theme was American, he said.
"We wanted to put our custom closer to the American custom,"
Vasquez said. "Using the name Halloween, we hoped to attract more people. We got more people than we expected.
"It was about double what we had last time."
Vasquez called the party a success and said he was pleased that so many non-Latin Americans attended.
"Hopefully they will spread the word around so when people hear of the Latin American party, they will remember this one," he said.
In many Latin American countries,
Halloween is not traditionally
celebrated. In Honduras, celebrating
Halloween is not as common as it is
in the United States, said Daniel
Pineda, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
senior.
"Halloween is mostly celebrated in the high society or among the high middle income people." Pineda said, referring to a group of women are associated with the Americans."
He said those people could afford to attend the American private schools in the two largest cities in Honduras - Tegucigalpa, the capitol, and San Pedro Sula - and are exposed to the Halloween tradition.
The American schools teach both the American way and the Honduran way, which allows these traditions to bridge the two cultures, he said.
"They have an American history class and a Honduran history class," Pineda said. "When the Americans come to Honduras, they bring their culture, too."
Because of the salsa music, train dancing and the enthusiastic party-goers, Laura Ruechel, Grandview, Mo. senior, said the celebration reminisced her of the time she spent in Santa Rita from December 1983 to July 1985.
She said that when she came back to the United States she befriended many Latin American students who were reminded of her being Costa Rica.
Ruechel said Halloween, which was an American tradition in Costa Rica, wasn't celebrated to the extent it was celebrated in the United States.
Some people attended the party to get a Latin flavor of Halloween, while others came from another Halloween party in the upper level of the building.
Mike Carr, Kansas City, Mo., resident, was one of those people.
Carr, who said he was a member of the Knights of Columbus in Missouri, wore a body-length black overgardment with a wide, polka-dotted blue tie under his bow tie, which was complete with flashing red lights.
"I came to the party upstairs, but I saw there was a better party down here, so I came to this one." Carr adjusted it, adjusting his multi-colored wig.
Sondra dimenez, Barrancabermerja, Colombia, graduate student and a member of LASA, said plans for the Halloween party began early this semester.
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Kiyoko Metoki, Tokyo graduate student, holds the $25 she won for first place for the best costume at the Latin American Halloween Party. The Latin American Student Association sponsored the party Saturday night at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd Street.
Epstein desires next handbook to be drug free
By SALLY STREFF
Staff writer
The student body president has asked the editor of an alternative student handbook to remove a section that offers information about drugs.
David Epstein, student body president, last week wrote a personal letter to Dennis "Booog" Highberger, the editor of Disorientation 2, asking him to consider information on drugs out of the handbook's next edition.
Highberger, Lawrence graduate student, said he thought any attempt to change the handbook's content would be advance censorship.
The article describes various drugs available on campus or in Lawrence, both legal and illegal, including their names, dosages, and uses.
Highberger has submitted a request for an additional $500 from the Student Senate to publish the handbook again this spring. About 2,500 copies of the handbook's second edition were distributed at the beginning of this semester.
He said, however, the next edition may not contain the drug information anyway.
Epstein said he wrote the letter after an article about the handbook appeared in the Oct. 20 issue of the Kansas City Times. He received some negative comments from students about the handbook after the article appeared, he said.
The 24-page handbook received $1,150 from Student Senate for fiscal year 1987.
Highberger and Epstein last week discussed the letter, but didn't come to an agreement, Highberger said. But Epstein told Highberger he wouldn't oppose the request for more money.
The article says, "We don't want to encourage anyone to use drugs, legal or illegal, but on the other hand, we're not particularly interested in talking you out of it either."
Epstein said he was wary of violating Highberger's First Amendment rights, but thought people should consider whether the material was appropriate for a publication financed by the Senate.
Epstein said he was concerned that students might think the Senate was advocating drug use.
He also said he thought the information was inap
See HANDBOOK, p. 5, col. 4
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Karole Armitage performs her latest work, "The Elizabeth Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler." Armitage, who choreographed a ballet for Mikhail Baryshnikov, danced with her company Friday night in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
AP journalist marks 2nd year as hostage
WASHINGTON — U.S. journalists Terry Anderson is thought to be spending his 39th birthday in a small, airless room somewhere in Lebanon today, wondering after more than 19 months in captivity whether he'll ever see his family, friends and country again.
This is the second birthday Anderson has marked in captivity. But he can probably look forward to cake, a taste of ice cream, and French pastry cups, according to a man who was his roommate for a year.
The Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco, 51, a Roman Catholic priest who was released in July after 19 months in captivity, said the Lebanese captors usually provided a little treat for the American hostages on their birthdays.
"They made birthday special," he said in a recent telephone interview. "They would stay with us and have our cake and ice cream with us. They would buy French pastry cups."
Sweets were a treat for the captives, whose fare normally consisted of bread and cheese and, occasionally, fruit and vegetables. Jenco said.
Jenco said he was held with three other Americans in a windowless, 12-foot-by-15-foot room: Anderson, the Assoc Press' chief Middle East correspondent; David Jacobsen, 55, of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Thomas Sutherland, 55, of El Paso. The three men jamin Weir, who was freed in September 1985, was confined with the men for a time.
They are thought to be guarded by members of Islamic Jihad, a loosely-knit radical Lebanese Shiite organization with ties to Iran.
The Associated Press
The Jihad said in October 1985 that it had killed another U.S. hostage, William Buckley, but his body was never recovered. Some U.S. officials think he may have died earlier
It was on the videotape Anderson learned for the first time that he was the father of a young, healthy daughter. Sulome Theresa. born June 7, 1985. Mrs. Say said.
Last year, on his 38th birthday,
Anderson was allowed to watch a Beirut television broadcast of a videotape made for him by his family, said his sister, Peggy Say of Batavia, N.Y.
The captors have demanded that Kuwait release some of the 17 prisoners charged in the 1964 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies there.
This year, however, Mrs. Say decided against making a birthday videotape because two of Anderson's family - his father and his brother - died this year.
Instead, Say and other hostage family members will meet in Philadelphia on Anderson's birthday in an effort to drum up public awareness of the hostages.
Anderson's family has heard little about him during his captivity. The most recent communication was on Oct. 3, when he appeared in a videotape released by Islamic Jihad in Beirut. Looking thin and talking in measured tones, the bearded Anderson criticized the U.S. government for not doing more to secure his release.
President Reagan said Anderson and Jacobsen, who also made a videotape, may have done so under duress.